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Northampton County, PA


Metropolitan Statistical Area: Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
Designated Market Area: Philadelphia, PA-DE-NJ
American Communities Project County Type (2023): Urban Suburbs

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2024 population: 322,989   ( 10,032 from 2020)
Land area: 369.8 square miles
Population density: 873.4 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:231,486 71.67% 1.5%
Black:20,2896.28% 12.6%
Indian:3520.11% 2.2%
Asian:11,3283.51% 18.4%
2+ races:5,8881.82% 6.9%
Hispanic:53,64616.61% 20.4%
Total non-White:91,50328.33% 17.3%

2020-2024 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:11,593 9.3
Deaths:14,56211.6
Net Migration: 9,0517.2
Net Immigration: 4,2293.4
Change in White population:-3,445 -1.1
Change in Non-White pop.:13,477 4.3



Historical Presidential Election Results for Northampton County, PA

Recent Trends
VotesΔ MarginSwing %
2024 vs. 2020 R +5,963 R +4,395 R + 2.5%
D +1,568
2024 vs. 2016 R +18,081 D +2,299 D + 2.2%
D +20,380
2020 vs. 2016 R +12,118 D +6,694 D + 4.7%
D +18,812
2024 vs. 2012 R +28,371 R +9,322 R + 6.6%
D +19,049
2016 vs. 2008 R +13,185 R +22,165 R + 16.4%
D -8,980
How to interpret this table


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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(St) 		Diff
(US) 		PSV
2024 70% Donald Trump (R) 89,817 50.3% Kamala Harris (D) 86,655 48.5% 2,223 [+] 1.2% 178,695 0 1 2.53%
2020 68% Joe Biden (D) 85,087 49.6% Donald Trump* (R) 83,854 48.9% 2,458 [+] 1.4% 171,399 0 2 2.47%
2016 59% Donald Trump (R) 71,736 49.6% Hillary Clinton (D) 66,275 45.8% 6,558 [+] 4.5% 144,569 1 4 2.34%
2012 56% Barack Obama* (D) 67,606 51.6% Mitt Romney (R) 61,446 46.9% 1,992 [+] 1.5% 131,044 0 0 2.28%
2008 60% Barack Obama (D) 75,255 55.4% John McCain (R) 58,551 43.1% 2,148 [+] 1.6% 135,954 -1 -3 2.26%
2004 59% John Kerry (D) 63,446 50.0% George W. Bush* (R) 62,102 49.0% 1,301 [+] 1.0% 126,849 1 -2 2.20%
2000 51% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 53,097 50.7% George W. Bush (R) 47,396 45.3% 4,197 [+] 4.0% 104,690 -1 -3 2.13%
1996 46% Bill Clinton* (D) 43,959 48.3% Robert Dole (R) 35,726 39.3% 11,317 [+] 12.4% 91,002 -1 -1 2.02%
1992 51% Bill Clinton (D) 42,203 43.3% George Bush* (R) 34,429 35.3% 20,893 [+] 21.4% 97,525 -1 -2 1.97%
1988 45% George Bush (R) 42,748 51.5% Michael Dukakis (D) 39,264 47.3% 966 [+] 1.2% 82,978 1 -2 1.83%
1984 47% Ronald Reagan* (R) 44,648 53.5% Walter Mondale (D) 37,979 45.5% 840 1.0% 83,467 0 -5 1.72%
1980 45% Ronald Reagan (R) 35,787 47.1% Jimmy Carter* (D) 31,920 42.0% 8,330 [+] 11.0% 76,037 -3 -4 1.67%
1976 49% Jimmy Carter (D) 42,514 55.2% Gerald Ford* (R) 32,926 42.8% 1,521 [+] 2.0% 76,961 -5 -5 1.67%
1972 49% Richard Nixon* (R) 41,822 56.3% George McGovern (D) 32,335 43.5% 124 [+] 0.2% 74,281 -3 -4 1.62%
1968 58% Hubert Humphrey (D) 42,554 54.5% Richard Nixon (R) 32,033 41.0% 3,543 [+] 4.5% 78,130 -3 -2 1.65%
1964 61% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 58,818 73.1% Barry Goldwater (R) 21,048 26.2% 619 0.8% 80,485 -9 -12 1.67%
1960 64% John Kennedy (D) 41,552 50.5% Richard Nixon (R) 40,683 49.4% 71 0.1% 82,306 1 0 1.64%
1956 59% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 43,375 55.8% Adlai Stevenson (D) 33,749 43.4% 573 0.7% 77,697 -1 -2 1.70%
1952 61% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 39,131 51.0% Adlai Stevenson (D) 36,993 48.2% 614 0.8% 76,738 -2 -4 1.68%
1948 52% Harry Truman* (D) 33,209 54.0% Thomas Dewey (R) 27,030 43.9% 1,265 [+] 2.1% 61,504 -7 -1 1.65%
1944 52% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 32,584 54.7% Thomas Dewey (R) 26,643 44.8% 292 0.5% 59,519 -4 -1 1.57%
1940 54% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 33,304 56.5% Wendell Willkie (R) 25,385 43.1% 266 0.5% 58,955 -3 -2 1.45%
1936 61% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 36,871 60.3% Alf Landon (R) 22,827 37.3% 1,438 [+] 2.4% 61,136 -4 1 1.48%
1932 46% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 24,009 52.0% Herbert Hoover* (R) 20,779 45.0% 1,345 [+] 2.9% 46,133 -6 5 1.61%
1928 54% Herbert Hoover (R) 37,403 71.1% Al Smith (D) 14,768 28.1% 404 [+] 0.8% 52,575 6 13 1.67%
1924 38% Calvin Coolidge (R) 20,459 58.4% John Davis (D) 11,459 32.7% 3,104 [+] 8.9% 35,022 -7 4 1.63%
1920 27% Warren Harding (R) 14,227 58.8% James Cox (D) 9,086 37.5% 891 [+] 3.7% 24,204 -7 -2 1.31%
1916 26% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 11,000 50.8% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 9,610 44.4% 1,050 [+] 4.8% 21,660 -10 -2 1.67%
1912 28% Woodrow Wilson (D) 10,325 47.5% Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) 6,602 30.4% 4,809 [+] 22.1% 21,736 -5 -5 1.78%
1908 33% William J. Bryan (D) 11,365 49.1% William Taft (R) 10,857 46.9% 923 [+] 4.0% 23,145 -12 -5 1.83%
1904 34% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 11,039 51.2% Alton Parker (D) 9,914 46.0% 604 [+] 2.8% 21,557 -17 -5 1.74%
1900 38% William J. Bryan (D) 11,412 52.3% William McKinley* (R) 9,849 45.1% 556 [+] 2.5% 21,817 -16 -6 1.86%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote

Historical Statewide Election Results for Northampton County, PA

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YearTypeTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal VotesDiff PSV
2024 S1 68% Dave McCormick (R) 85,787 49.1% Bob Casey, Jr.* (D) 84,762 48.5% 4,066 [+] 2.3% 174,615 0 2.51%
2022 S3 51% John Fetterman (D) 66,565 51.2% Mehmet Oz (R) 59,860 46.1% 3,562 [+] 2.7% 129,987 0 2.42%
2022 G 51% Josh Shapiro (D) 72,269 55.6% Doug Mastriano (R) 54,928 42.3% 2,704 [+] 2.1% 129,901 1 2.42%
2018 S1 46% Bob Casey, Jr.* (D) 62,275 54.3% Lou Barletta (R) 50,385 44.0% 1,956 [+] 1.7% 114,616 1 2.29%
2018 G 47% Tom Wolf* (D) 65,749 57.1% Scott Wagner (R) 47,527 41.3% 1,846 [+] 1.6% 115,122 1 2.30%
2016 S3 58% Pat Toomey* (R) 72,172 51.6% Katie McGinty (D) 64,151 45.9% 3,566 [+] 2.5% 139,889 3 2.31%
2014 G 31% Tom Wolf (D) 40,753 55.0% Tom Corbett* (R) 33,354 45.0% 0 0.0% 74,107 0 2.12%
2012 S1 53% Bob Casey, Jr.* (D) 68,203 54.0% Tom Smith (R) 56,268 44.6% 1,821 [+] 1.4% 126,292 0 2.24%
2010 S3 36% Pat Toomey (R) 44,209 52.3% Joe Sestak (D) 40,321 47.7% 0 0.0% 84,530 1 2.13%
2010 G 36% Tom Corbett (R) 45,986 54.2% Dan Onorato (D) 38,871 45.8% 0 0.0% 84,857 0 2.13%
2006 S1 38% Bob Casey, Jr. (D) 48,419 58.3% Rick Santorum* (R) 34,644 41.7% 0 0.0% 83,063 0 2.04%
2006 G 38% Ed Rendell* (D) 53,007 63.8% Lynn Swann (R) 30,081 36.2% 0 0.0% 83,088 -3 2.03%
2004 S3 56% Arlen Specter* (R) 64,502 53.8% Joseph Hoeffel (D) 50,777 42.3% 4,695 [+] 3.9% 119,974 1 2.16%
2002 G 35% Ed Rendell (D) 42,554 58.5% Mike Fisher (R) 28,228 38.8% 1,934 [+] 2.7% 72,716 -6 2.03%
2000 S1 48% Rick Santorum* (R) 53,853 54.6% Ron Klink (D) 42,965 43.5% 1,868 [+] 1.9% 98,686 2 2.08%
1998 S3 32% Arlen Specter* (R) 39,679 62.1% Bill Lloyd (D) 21,808 34.1% 2,388 [+] 3.7% 63,875 1 2.16%
1998 G 33% Tom Ridge* (R) 42,352 64.2% Ivan Itkin (D) 20,461 31.0% 3,204 [+] 4.9% 66,017 7 2.18%
1994 S1 34% Rick Santorum (R) 32,590 49.4% Harris Wofford* (D) 30,713 46.6% 2,664 [+] 4.0% 65,967 0 1.88%
1994 G 34% Tom Ridge (R) 33,704 50.5% Mark Singel (D) 26,641 39.9% 6,432 [+] 9.6% 66,777 5 1.86%
1992 S3 48% Lynn Yeakel (D) 48,641 52.2% Arlen Specter* (R) 41,455 44.5% 3,162 [+] 3.4% 93,258 -5 1.94%
1991 S1 32% Harris Wofford (D) 32,461 53.9% Richard Thornburgh (R) 27,744 46.1% 0 0.0% 60,205 1 1.78%
1990 G 30% Robert Casey* (D) 38,872 68.2% Barbara Hafer (R) 18,153 31.8% 0 0.0% 57,025 -1 1.87%
1988 S1 42% John Heinz* (R) 48,903 62.4% Joseph Vignola (D) 28,401 36.2% 1,091 [+] 1.4% 78,395 -4 1.80%
1986 S3 31% Arlen Specter* (R) 30,465 53.5% Bob Edgar (D) 25,958 45.6% 521 [+] 0.9% 56,944 -3 1.69%
1986 G 32% Robert Casey (D) 29,482 51.0% William Scranton III (R) 27,723 47.9% 628 [+] 1.1% 57,833 0 1.71%
1982 S1 34% John Heinz* (R) 32,453 56.0% Cyril Wecht (D) 24,408 42.1% 1,116 [+] 1.9% 57,977 -3 1.61%
1982 G 35% Richard Thornburgh* (R) 31,252 51.3% Allen Ertel (D) 29,038 47.6% 685 [+] 1.1% 60,975 0 1.66%
1980 S3 43% Pete Flaherty (D) 35,574 49.0% Arlen Specter (R) 35,473 48.8% 1,594 [+] 2.2% 72,641 -2 1.64%
1978 G 36% Richard Thornburgh (R) 31,024 54.7% Pete Flaherty (D) 24,909 43.9% 749 [+] 1.3% 56,682 2 1.51%
1976 S1 48% William Green (D) 40,407 53.7% John Heinz (R) 34,059 45.2% 811 [+] 1.1% 75,277 -7 1.66%
1974 S3 35% Richard Schweiker* (R) 29,546 55.1% Pete Flaherty (D) 23,000 42.9% 1,039 [+] 1.9% 53,585 2 1.54%
1974 G 36% Milton Shapp* (D) 32,622 59.2% Andrew Lewis (R) 21,690 39.4% 772 [+] 1.4% 55,084 -6 1.57%
1970 S1 41% William Sesler (D) 30,765 53.0% Hugh Scott* (R) 25,878 44.6% 1,403 [+] 2.4% 58,046 -7 1.59%
1970 G 42% Milton Shapp (D) 39,390 66.0% Raymond Broderick (R) 19,017 31.9% 1,235 [+] 2.1% 59,642 -10 1.61%
1968 S3 57% Joseph Clark* (D) 41,760 54.8% Richard Schweiker (R) 33,114 43.4% 1,357 [+] 1.8% 76,231 -8 1.65%
1966 G 51% Milton Shapp (D) 35,649 52.5% Raymond Shafer (R) 31,203 46.0% 1,003 [+] 1.5% 67,855 -6 1.68%
1964 S1 61% Genevieve Blatt (D) 45,591 57.3% Hugh Scott* (R) 33,561 42.2% 366 [+] 0.5% 79,518 -8 1.66%
1962 S3 52% Joseph Clark* (D) 37,563 55.3% James Van Zandt (R) 30,146 44.4% 180 [+] 0.3% 67,889 -4 1.55%
1962 G 53% William Scranton (R) 34,369 50.4% Richardson Dilworth (D) 33,590 49.2% 288 [+] 0.4% 68,247 -5 1.56%
*: incumbent               +: ran on additional party lines               Type: G: Governor; S1,S2,S3: Senate Class 1, 2 or 3
italics: special election           RO: runoff election           PSV: percent of state vote


Historical U.S. House Election Results for Northampton County, PA

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DateDistrictWinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes
2024-11-05 PA07Susan Wild* (D) 87,589 50.3% Ryan Mackenzie (R) 86,510 49.7% 0 0.0% 174,099
County Total for 2024-11-05:   174,099
2022-11-08 PA07Susan Wild* (D) 66,657 51.5% Lisa Scheller (R) 62,800 48.5% 0 0.0% 129,457
County Total for 2022-11-08:   129,457
2020-11-03 PA07Lisa Scheller (R) 83,661 50.2% Susan Wild* (D) 83,113 49.8% 0 0.0% 166,774
County Total for 2020-11-03:   166,774
2018-11-06 PA07Susan Wild (D) 59,393 51.8% Marty Nothstein (R) 51,888 45.2% 3,450 3.0% 114,731
County Total for 2018-11-06:   114,731
2016-11-08 PA15Charlie Dent* (R) 42,132 57.1% Rick Daugherty (D) 29,486 39.9% 2,192 3.0% 73,810
2016-11-08 PA17Matt Connolly (R) 31,616 50.5% Matt Cartwright* (D) 30,944 49.5% 0 0.0% 62,560
County Total for 2016-11-08:   136,370
2014-11-04 PA15Charlie Dent* (R) 26,144 100.0% 0 0.0% 26,144
2014-11-04 PA17Matt Cartwright* (D) 16,876 52.5% David Moylan (R) 15,272 47.5% 0 0.0% 32,148
County Total for 2014-11-04:   58,292
2012-11-06 PA15Charlie Dent* (R) 37,265 54.8% Rick Daugherty (D) 30,791 45.2% 0 0.0% 68,056
2012-11-06 PA17Matt Cartwright (D) 29,629 53.6% Laureen Cummings (R) 25,628 46.4% 0 0.0% 55,257
County Total for 2012-11-06:   123,313
2010-11-02 PA15Charlie Dent* (R) 42,818 50.2% John Callahan (D) 33,912 39.8% 8,485 10.0% 85,215
County Total for 2010-11-02:   85,215
2008-11-04 PA15Charlie Dent* (R) 74,985 58.4% Sam Bennett (D) 53,498 41.6% 0 0.0% 128,483
County Total for 2008-11-04:   128,483
2006-11-07 PA15Charlie Dent* (R) 41,404 50.3% Charles Dertinger (D) 38,212 46.4% 2,691 3.3% 82,307
County Total for 2006-11-07:   82,307
2004-11-02 PA15Charlie Dent (R) 68,267 56.5% Joe Driscoll (D) 49,949 41.3% 2,671 2.2% 120,887
County Total for 2004-11-02:   120,887
2002-11-05 PA15Pat Toomey* (R) 38,883 55.0% Ed O'Brien (D) 31,866 45.0% 0 0.0% 70,749
County Total for 2002-11-05:   70,749
2000-11-07 PA15Pat Toomey* (R) 50,777 51.2% Ed O'Brien (D) 48,354 48.8% 0 0.0% 99,131
County Total for 2000-11-07:   99,131
1996-11-05 PA15Paul McHale* (D) 49,882 56.5% Bob Kilbanks (R) 34,409 39.0% 3,976 4.5% 88,267
County Total for 1996-11-05:   88,267
1994-11-08 PA15Paul McHale* (D) 33,528 50.4% Jim Yeager (R) 29,629 44.5% 3,382 5.1% 66,539
County Total for 1994-11-08:   66,539
1992-11-03 PA15Paul McHale (D) 50,370 53.9% Don Ritter* (R) 41,858 44.8% 1,200 1.3% 93,428
County Total for 1992-11-03:   93,428
*: incumbent           sp: special election           RO: runoff election

Voter Registration Data for Northampton County, PA

YearTotalRepublicanDemocratOtherR/D EdgeR/D Edge %VAPOP %
2025 229,229 86,613 37.8% 94,901 41.4% 47,715 20.8% Dem +8,288 Dem +3.6% 90%
2024 234,555 87,568 37.3% 99,286 42.3% 47,701 20.3% Dem +11,718 Dem +5.0% 92%
2022 224,990 81,702 36.3% 99,424 44.2% 43,864 19.5% Dem +17,722 Dem +7.9% 88%
2020 227,343 81,358 35.8% 102,445 45.1% 43,540 19.2% Dem +21,087 Dem +9.3% 89%
2018 209,302 73,559 35.1% 96,385 46.1% 39,358 18.8% Dem +22,826 Dem +10.9% 83%
2016 211,400 73,471 34.8% 99,078 46.9% 38,851 18.4% Dem +25,607 Dem +12.1% 86%
2014 195,490 65,281 33.4% 94,120 48.1% 36,089 18.5% Dem +28,839 Dem +14.8% 81%
2012 209,430 70,436 33.6% 101,455 48.4% 37,539 17.9% Dem +31,019 Dem +14.8% 88%
2010 199,694 67,155 33.6% 98,952 49.6% 33,587 16.8% Dem +31,797 Dem +15.9% 86%
2008 208,520 70,301 33.7% 103,851 49.8% 34,368 16.5% Dem +33,550 Dem +16.1% 92%
2006 187,441 69,351 37.0% 87,079 46.5% 31,011 16.5% Dem +17,728 Dem +9.5% 85%
2004 177,104 67,455 38.1% 84,128 47.5% 25,521 14.4% Dem +16,673 Dem +9.4% 82%
2002 171,430 65,283 38.1% 81,073 47.3% 25,074 14.6% Dem +15,790 Dem +9.2% 81%
2000 164,814 62,906 38.2% 78,941 47.9% 22,967 13.9% Dem +16,035 Dem +9.7% 80%
1998 148,772 56,312 37.9% 74,282 49.9% 18,178 12.2% Dem +17,970 Dem +12.1% 74%
1996 136,328 51,481 37.8% 69,820 51.2% 15,027 11.0% Dem +18,339 Dem +13.5% 69%
1994 113,627 41,626 36.6% 61,900 54.5% 10,101 8.9% Dem +20,274 Dem +17.8% 58%
1992 114,681 40,994 35.7% 64,085 55.9% 9,602 8.4% Dem +23,091 Dem +20.1% 60%
1990 103,779 37,546 36.2% 59,398 57.2% 6,835 6.6% Dem +21,852 Dem +21.1% 55%
1988 103,961 37,397 36.0% 59,312 57.1% 7,252 7.0% Dem +21,915 Dem +21.1% 56%
1986 98,667 33,766 34.2% 58,627 59.4% 6,274 6.4% Dem +24,861 Dem +25.2% 55%
1984 104,883 34,867 33.2% 62,880 60.0% 7,136 6.8% Dem +28,013 Dem +26.7% 59%
VAPOP% is the estimated percentage of voting age population that is registered.
Registration data may include "inactive" voters.   Data for each year pertains to the November elections.